Thursday, 17 May 2012

I hope you get as much of a laugh from this song as I did. I dedicate it to all the long-suffering partners out there, the ones who'll wait (or even help!) while we trawl through a cemetery looking for a headstone that's "just got to be here somewhere!"

I get home from work to the same routine
I'm the one making dinner, my wife stares at the screen
I'm watching the evening news, she's following up some lead
I say "Lets go to bed?' and she ignores me...as she says
*
"Ten more minutes, I'll be right there!"
Then four hours pass on by
"Ten more minutes!" She just found something
She'll be staying up all night
*
When the weekend comes I hope to hit the scenes
But she's in hot pursuit that means she's glued to her seat
There's this great big fire building up in me
I must admit, I want to burn all those shaking leaves
Every time she says...
*
Chorus
*
So we live out the same scene almost everyday
We may be in the same room but she's
miles and miles away
*
Chorus out

Sunday, 13 May 2012

Welcome to my first ever blog posting! My aim is to mention and tell some of the life story of my ancestors, a few at a time. Hopefully I'll hear from other descendants - fingers crossed!

Here's a list of all my first ancestors to step foot on Australian soil, and I'll be gradually chatting about all of them. Once I've done my side of the family I'll move onto my husband's side as well.

Esther SALAMON (convicted as Esther SPENCER) b.1775 England (?)......arr'd Sydney 1796 Indespensible. Esther is my favourite ancestor as she led such a colourful life, although her life before her conviction as a 19yo married Jewess remains a mystery

Henry TUCK b.1810 Isle of Skye, Scotland (allegedly).......................arr'd Tasmania ~1822 (?). Henry's another mystery person in my tree. Was he really born in Skye? No proof available either way.

Catherine FALVEY b.1813 Co.Cork, Ireland..................arr'd Tasmania in 1829 on Bussorah Merchant as "wife of a sawyer" who was Henry Tuck, but no mention of Henry on the same ship. Their marriage date (according to the family bible) is also a mystery, as it's 14 Feb 1829 which would've been before they boarded in Cork to come to Tasmania. Why was Henry in Cork if he'd come out here 7 years before? No record in Tasmania, Victoria, or the IGI.

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Hi. I'm Janelle and I'm a family-tree-aholic. I'm an Aussie mum of 4 who can't get enough genie time. I've been doing this research for at least 25 years and it's still far from finished. I've made some awesome friends with fellow addicts along the journey. I'm a Library Technician and loving it. My favourite phrase from customers is: Can you help me find...?